GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Waste Management, Keele Valley Landfill, Compost
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As many landfills started to get full in the 1990s, a garbage crisis emerged. A major response was the building of incinerators to burn garbage. Especially in europe and japan burning garbage to produce electricity is widely used. Problems with incinerators including air pollution dioxins and furans. Incinerators discourge recycling programs, as they need a constant waste stream: environmentalists against building incinerators, most plastics are now designed so that they can be reused and recycled, your produce more heat when you burn the plastics. Untested design hydraulic trap containment: water will flow in, leachate will be pumped out, treated, and dumped in nearby river. Negative effects on local businesses such as tourism and farming. Cheap landfill reduces incentives for waste reduction and recycling. 1990s metro toronto selects the adams mine as its top choice. Local opposition is intense and toronto environmentalists also opposed it.
